Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s Chapter 2721 - 2657: That Nasty Temper

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Previously on Rebirth: Splendid Marriage in the 80s...
Meng Xinian helps an injured Wei Yixi to his feet, surprisingly discovering his energy has significantly recovered. Meanwhile, Jiang Xiao prepares gifts for Ding Fu and his son before they depart for D State, leading to an awkward moment when she accidentally addresses Ding Fu as "Old Ding."
"Kid, isn't it perfectly reasonable that she doesn’t call you ’brother’? Why on earth should Miss call you ’brother’? Miss, just ignore him." Jiang Xiao paused for a moment. Luckily no one around could hear them, otherwise she’d be a bit embarrassed too. It’s this day and age, and they’re still calling her "Miss"... "After you get over there, why don’t you just stay for a while? On my side, with Tiezhu and Luo Yongsheng, it’s actually fine too. They probably need people over there more than I do here." "What, you left Sun Han over there, and now you want to leave me there too?" Ding Haijing said with obvious disapproval, "They need people over there, but it’s not like they don’t have any. There are plenty of people over there, okay? And here you’ve only got a few of us teammates, just three or five at most, and you still think that’s too many? I say you just feel most comfortable being by yourself, don’t you?" "I..." "But if you want so badly to be alone, how come when Officer Meng came to recruit us in the first place you didn’t speak up against it? You didn’t dare talk back to him, and now you’re all about shooing us away?" "What kind of talk is that, what do you mean I didn’t dare talk back to him?" "Isn’t that the case? From what I see, you only turn into a little sheep in front of Officer Meng. Anyway, I’ll just stick to what we said before: I’ll stay over there for three days, and after three days I’m coming back. That’s settled, you don’t need to say anything more." As he spoke, Ding Haijing picked up all their stuff, leaving one hand free to support Ding Fu, and headed toward the train. Ding Fu was wearing a mask and a hat, his face wrapped up tight, but even so he still kept his head down as he walked, not daring to lift it at all. Watching their backs, especially Ding Haijing’s, Jiang Xiao couldn’t help curling her lips. Honestly, who did Ding Haijing learn that rotten temper from? Clearly Uncle Xiao Fu doesn’t have such a foul temper. Seriously. "Xiao Chiang, are we going to that Old Zhang’s place now?" Once they got in the car, Guan Tiezhu asked. Jiang Xiao had brought him and Luo Yongsheng out with her. These two clearly listened more to Ding Haijing—Ding Haijing told them they had to stick with her, both of them were to go, and so they really both came along. Even though she’d said she wanted to leave one person at home. If Meng Sheng went to her place and couldn’t find anyone, he’d definitely think she was all talk. "Yeah, let’s go." There was nothing else Jiang Xiao could do. The place where Old Zhang worked was indeed on the other side of the city; by the time they got there it was already noon. Fortunately, finding Old Zhang went pretty smoothly. When they found him, he was in the factory getting ready to head to the cafeteria. Once he heard they’d been sent by Mrs. Jin, Old Zhang was quite warm toward them, insisting again and again that they go to the cafeteria to eat with him. Jiang Xiao turned him down. "No need, Master Zhang. I actually just want to ask you something. Sorry to take up a bit of your time." "Go ahead." "I heard that ten years ago you went to a place called the Hongfeng Welfare Institute to deliver rice and grain. You were the one driving then as well. Do you still remember that?" Jiang Xiao watched him with a mix of anticipation and nervousness. "Hongfeng Welfare Institute?" Old Zhang frowned and thought hard. "Ten years ago, huh? I’ve always been a driver, I’ve driven to countless places. Back then I was going around to all sorts of welfare homes and orphanages, big and small. I didn’t even remember the names of a lot of them, just took the address and went. There were plenty of places called Red Heart, Red Sun, Red Star and so on. This Hongfeng Welfare Institute..." Hearing him say that, Jiang Xiao really started to feel her heart clench. Don’t tell her he can’t remember it?